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No. 325,464. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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UNITED STATES THOMAS A. WVATSON,

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MOSQUITO-NET FRAME.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,464, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed June 23, 1883. Renewed J nne 9, 1885. (No model.)

Net Frame, of which the following is a full,

clear, and cxactdesoription.

This invention consists of an arm pivoted to a suitable support at each corner of one side of the bed or other object over which the net is to be spread, so as to swing to and from the line between said corners and reach across to the opposite side of the bed, the free ends of which arms are connected with an extensible bar reaching along the front side of the bed from arm to arm when said arms are swung across the bed, and folding together with said arms when they are swung back to the line of the side of the bed on which they are pivoted, on which arms and a barstretching between the pivots of the arms at the back the net is hung to be spread over the bed or folded back out of the way, as required, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the net spread over the bed on a frame constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the frame.

At each of the corners a of one side of the bed there is a rod, b, extended above the bedstead to a suitable height for supporting the net 0, said posts either being pivoted so as to turn on their vertical axis, or having pivotse on them for the support of horizontal arms 01,

so that they may swing across the bed,as represented in Fig. 1, or back along the barf, connecting the top of the posts. The ends 9 of arms dare connected by an extensible bar, h, which assumes the position represented in Fig. 1 when the arms are swung across the bed, and forms a support between ends g,parallel to barf, for the support of the net at the front, and when said arms swing back to the barf the bar h shortens, as indicated in Fig. 2, so as to fold together and alongside of bar f, so as to fold the net back out of the way when required.

The extensible bar may consist of a tubular middle section with end sections connected to the arms cl, respectively, and sliding in and out of the tube; but I do not limit myself to any particular construction of said extensible bar.

I am aware that it is not new in netsupports to use socket-pieces with inclosed springs and supportingstems, or parallel bars with doublejointed end arms and standard to form a folding frame, or a rectangular frame supporting brackets and angular screw-hooks, in combination with uprights carrying at their upper ends screw eyes or rings, or to use a quiltingframe with legs made in two parts telescoping together and connecting two-part end pieces; but

"What I do claim as new and of my inven tion is-* The combination of two side posts,b b, having pivots e e, the horizontal arms (I (1, working on said pivots, the bar f, connecting the tops of said posts, and the extensible bar h, connecting the arm ends 9, the whole adapted to be used on a bedstead, as described.

THOMAS A. WATSON.

Witnesses J AS. M. PUTNAM, J. W. NoYEs. 

